Alabama GOP Releases Audit Subpoenaed by Attorney General

Alabama’s attorney general has subpoenaed financial records from the state Republican Party that show more than $800,000 in party money was paid to an Auburn printing company while one of its owners, House Speaker Mike Hubbard, was serving as the party chairman.

The financial report found that the party paid $83,524 directly to Craftmasters Printers, an Auburn-based company where Hubbard owns 26 percent. The audit also found that one of the companies hired by the party in the 2010 election, Majority Strategies, paid $752,262 to Craftmasters for help with printing, postage, mailing and shipping of direct mail campaign literature.